Name: Croceicoccus naphthovorans Huang et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: naph.tho.vo’rans. Gr. fem. n. naphtha, oil; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. naphthovorans, oil-degrading

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.12805; NBRC 110381; PQ-2

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF145127 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Huang Y, Zeng Y, Feng H, Wu Y, Xu X. Croceicoccus naphthovorans sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons-degrading and acylhomoserine-lactone-producing bacterium isolated from marine biofilm, and emended description of the genus Croceicoccus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1531-1536.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2343-2344.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Xu et al. 2020 Xu L, Sun C, Fang C, Oren A, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4470-4495. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5602-5608.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03445 (N = 16).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Croceicoccus Xu et al. 2009

Assigned by: Huang Y, Zeng Y, Feng H, Wu Y, Xu X. Croceicoccus naphthovorans sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons-degrading and acylhomoserine-lactone-producing bacterium isolated from marine biofilm, and emended description of the genus Croceicoccus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1531-1536.

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